The building stood at that site since 1 July 2006, but it is now a burnt-out shell.

Indie film-makers, music producers and distributors in the entertainment biz have been badly affected by the fire.

Popstar Patrick Wolf took to Twitter to mourn the loss of some of his music too:

"Today my love goes to PIAS and all the affected labels, I lost my own label 'BCM' stock too, the bachelor album and all the 7" singles RIP x" he said.

The disturbances shows no signs of stopping - trouble is starting up in Camberwell, Hackney Town Hall has been evacuated and a mobile TB X-ray van has been evacuated from Newham as shops came under attack.

Meanwhile, the economic meltdown in the UK and elsewhere got even hotter today.

Shares on the London Stock Exchange fell sharply this morning and the Office for National Statistics said that June's deficit on trade in goods and services widened to £4.5bn, up half a billion pounds on May's figures.

America's credit rating was downgraded late last week, the Eurozone remains in serious financial crisis and the UK economy has seen a severe slump in recent days. ®